Glareshield



Oct. 6, 1925. 1,556,409

I. J. BOWMAN GLARESHIELD Filed Jan. 5. 1924 Irvin Jliowman.

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Patented Dot. 6, 1925.

pa r-En STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IBVIN J. BOWMAN, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed January 5, 1924. Serial No. 684,623.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, Invm J. BOWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Glai'eshields, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in glare shields for self-propelled vehicles and has for an important object thereof the provision of a .glare shield which is'readilyattachableto either open or closed cars.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device ofthis character which is readily shiftable to operative or inoperative positions and which is automatically held in either of such positions as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a device of this character means whereby the adjustment of the shield as to its vertical position is readily efiected so that the shield. may be readily adjusted to accommodate drivers of various heights.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in a device of this character a novel and improved mounting for the'shield which may be very cheaply and readily produced.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying v drawings wherein'for the purpose of 1 ustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a glare shield constructed in acoordancewith my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the same applied to the framework of Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective of the tube showing the manner of constructing the attaching Wingsthereof;

Figure 5 is a detail section of the upper end of the glare shield showing the manner of applyingthe same to an open car windshield frame; a. 1

Figure-"6' is a perspective of the attach- .Figure 7 s a side-elevation showing a modified adjusting structure for maintaining the supporting rod in adjusted posit1ons.

Referring now more particularly to. the drawings, the. numeral 10 indicates a shield supporting arm "consisting ot a rodcircu-' lar in cross sect-ion which is provided at one end with a flattened portion 11 adapted to be engaged between cars 12 of an attaching plate 13 and having a central opening for the reception of a pivot pin 14: extending through and mounted in said cars. This flattened portion is provided upon its periphery with two angularly disposed. flattened faces 15 and 16 and the attaching plate 13 hassecured thereto a spring 17 for coaction with these surfaces. The spring 17 by bearing against a selective surface holds the rod 10 in a selected position with respect to-the attaching plate 13. When the sprmg 1s engaged with the surface 15 the rod depends from theattaching plate and hes 1n substantial. parallelism with the windshield. When the surface 16 is engagedby the spring the rod 10 is in substantial alignment with the ears of the bearing plate and 1s horizontally disposed so that it is above and out of the way of the line of vision of the driver of the vehicle. 7

The glare shield mounting pro er consists of a tube 18 of greater wi th than the sheet of translucent material 19 which is employed as an anti-glaring device. At

tube 18 I preferably slot the tube longi tudinally for a short distance at a point spaced slightly from the end at which the bar is to be disposed and then slot the tube transversely so as to partially sever the same, the transverse slotting being such that two wings 22 are formed by the splitting of the tube along the longitudinal slot. These wings are then engaged with a flange 23 provided upon the bar 20 at a desired point and secured'thereto by spot welding, riveting or the: like, the former being shown tube adjacent the opposite end thereof 1 mount a headed secur1ng,element 24'which extends through the sheet 19 ad acent the free edge thereof which secures the same in the present illustration. Through -.the

to the tube. That end of the tube adjacent the securing element projects beyond the sheet a short distance affording a handle by means of which the device may be operated and this end is preferably closed by a cap 25 or the like. Through the bar 20 a securing element 26 is directed which is adapted to clamp against the bar 10 when the same is engaged in the tube to hold the tube in adjusted position upon the bar. By adjusting this screw and shifting the tube upon the bar any desired height of the glare shield element 19 may be attained.

The attaching plate 18 is provided in its ends with openings adapted for the reception of securing elements 27.. These securing elements may be in the form of wood screws for attaching the plate directly to the frame-work of a closed car construction or may be bolts such as shown in Figure 5, which bolts extend through clamping elements 28 constructed to engage with and hold the attaching plate in position upon the upper frame member 29 of the wind shield.

In Figure 7 I have shown a side elevation of the upper end of the supporting rod or arm 10 in which the upper end of the arm is formed to provide a circular head 10 provided in its periphery with notches 10". The spring 17 is formed to provide a detent 17 engaging in these teeth and held in engagement therewith by the resiliency of the spring so that this detent may be engaged with a suitable notch and the arm 10 held in any desired adjusted position. while the arm 10 has been described and disclosed as being preferably circular in form the cross sectional shaping of this arm may be altered as desired, it being merely necessary that the tube 18 be shaped to conform to the shaping of the arm.

I accordingly do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim In an anti-glare device'adapted to be supported by the windshield of a vehicle, a

bar. a tube receiving the bar at one end and having its opposite end closed, the first named end of the tube having integral transversely disposed oppositely extending wings, a channel .bar secured to said Wings and having its channel downwardly directed, an anti-glare shield having one edge thereof engaged in the channel of the bar and clamped between the arms of the channel and the lower end thereof secured to the tube adjacent the lower end thereof, and means extending through the tube for clamping the tube in adjusted positions upon the rod.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

IRVIN J. BOWMAN. 

